Tag: summer

Alright, I haven’t been updating my blog for such a long time but I have been cooking everyday at home, really! (Just I didn’t get to post everything when summer hits) Recently I was quite addicted to Facebook marketplace and found that other than used items you can actually buy food from there, like the…

I took advantage of the good half hour wait to decide what to pick out of charcoal, ube, matcha and vanilla bean. Finally I have settled with charcoal and ube and I was actually glad to have that wait time to decide! Initially I thought of having a purple and black twist but as I…

Soft serve is becoming too popular in the city that we almost have forgotten about the old school flavours we used to love. Matcha, genmaicha, charcoal and ube etc are certainly big hit at the moment but don’t you just miss, or at least have a random craving for the old school chocolate dip vanilla…

Finally I feel that summer is just around the corner, and wouldn’t it be great to enjoy a natural fruit drink by the water? Recently fruit juice served in the actual fruit has become more popular in Toronto, and often these drinks can cost you a meal. Making your own will only take you two…

| Chilled slow cook duck wings | This is one of the very famous local finger food in Hong Kong, it can be served chilled or hot, depending on your preference. The best part is the soup that slow cooks the duck wings, don’t throw them away! Save the soup to stew abalone, sea cucumbers…

| Romaine lettuce mix salad with cold udon and grapefruit in ponzu dressing | Chilled or cold noodles are always summer favourites during the hot weather, apart from having a salad as a side to add some veggies to your noodle dish, you can actually mix the cold noodles together with the salad and turn…

| Lemongrass sautéed pork rice paper rolls ｜ Rice paper roll has a similar method of making with spring rolls, however it is much easier to make, and a healthier choice. you need: – about 20 rolls of thinly sliced pork that are labelled for hot pot (you can find it from most asian supermarket)…

｜Bistro lunch set｜ I’m always so tempted to buy new kitchen toys whenever my new cooking idea comes up. There are just so much out there in the market like blenders, food processors, panini presser etc, but they all comes in only one function, and end up your kitchen is piled up with machines that…

｜Pineapple｜ My favourite way of eating pineapple is to grill pineapple skewers on charcoal other than dice it the ordinary way. This is the best way to enhance the taste and texture, flavour and sweetness of the summerlicious pineapple. ｜菠蘿｜ 除了以最常見的切粒粒食法之外，我認為更可口美味的就是自製菠蘿串，然後再於炭火上燒。 這樣的做法可以更加提高菠蘿的口感和甜味，而且還更添夏日風味。